Karessa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 452 babies named Karessa between 1970 and 2014, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karessa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Karessa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karessa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 452 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.